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Webster 1913 Edition
Avarous
Av′a-rous
(ăv′ȧ-rŭs)
, Adj.
[L.
avarus
.] Avaricious.
[Obs.]
Webster 1828 Edition
Avarous
AV'AROUS
,Adj.
Definition 2024
avarous
avarous
English
Adjective
avarous (comparative more avarous, superlative most avarous)
- (obsolete) Avaricious.
- 1300s, William Langland, Piers Plowman, 15-136 - Curatours of Holy Kirke, and clerkes that ben avarouse, / Lightliche that thei leven, losels it habbeth, / Or deieth intestate, and thanne [entreth the bisshop]
References
- avarous in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1914